Bates v. Green

Appellant superintendent of banking brings this action against the appellee, Laura M. Green, and asks judgment upon a promissory note signed by appellee, with her husband, J. W. Green. The facts are not in dispute. A jury was waived and the cause tried to the court. The court’s finding on the facts must be given the same weight and effect as the verdict of a jury. The execution of the note in suit is admitted by the defendant. At the time the note was executed, she also joined with her husband in a mortgage in which she released dower. She pleads in defense of the note that she received no…